His management company issued a statement on November 2 giving the general facts of the accident: it occurred last week in the city of Incheon at an intersection. The vehicle Jang had been riding in was waiting at a traffic signal when it was hit by another vehicle making a turn. Jang’s auto was “very damaged.”

His management added, “The car driven by a fortysomething woman had been making a left turn even though the light had already changed. Instead, she ignored the light and kept driving, and hit Jang Geun-seok’s car.”

Jang headed to the hospital directly following the accident and was declared fine with no big injuries; he suffered merely muscle aches. Following a consultation with his own doctor, he returned to work